Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel told members of STRATCOM there is “no room for error” by those responsible for America’s nuclear forces. This was the first time he commented on what he called “troubling lapses” in professionalism within the nuclear ranks. Last month, two senior nuclear commanders were fired amid misconduct investigations, and in August, service members working at a nuclear-missile base in Montana failed a safety and security inspection.

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